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Community hails Bronson Ave. decision

Community leaders have applauded a decision by the city to abandon a controversial plan to widen Bronson Avenue.

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News
Toni Baggos, Centretown News Students seek banned junk food off school grounds Students thirsty for a sugary pop or hungry for a greasy serving of poutine mig...
Web Exclusives
Ontario hospitals shortchanging seniors Ontario seniors are being shortchanged when it comes to health care in hospitals...
 
Editorials
Winterlude without the winter If you take the winter out of Winterlude, what makes the festival unique?
Insight
Illustration by Talbert Johnson Internet under attack The average Internet-savvy Canadian must have felt ill-at-ease for at least a f...
 
Business
Lauren Mitsuki, Centretown News Elgin Street businesses aim to form official BIA Elgin Street’s businesses may be getting a new voice at city hall, as cou...
Arts
Maria Church, Centretown News City hall gallery turns sound into visual art Sound turns physical with the Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery’s new exhibit,...
 
Sports
Ravens football turns to Ottawa high schools Since announcing the return of its football program last July, Carleton Universi...
Our Critics
Image Film Review: Haywire “I don’t know how to play that – I don’t wear the dress,...
 
Community Voice
Image Picking new police chief no small task The Ottawa police is one city service that, it seems, individuals cannot ignore....
 
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<div style='text-align:right; font-weight:normal'>Image</div><br />Year of the Dragon 2012 All over the world Chinese communities are celebrating the 15 day festival of New Years 2012. Here in Ottawa...
 
<div style='text-align:right; font-weight:normal'>Image</div><br />National Gallery director considers free admission You might someday be able to add the National Gallery to your list of free places to visit in Ottawa. The ga...
 

<div style='text-align:right; font-weight:normal'>Image</div><br />AIDS awareness develops Aboriginal focus December in Ottawa brings the launch of several AIDS awareness campaigns, including one specifically focused...
 
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<div style='text-align:right; font-weight:normal'>Adam Kveton</div>Ice carvers use an array of odd tools to form their elegant works of art, including this board with dozens of screws drilled through it. By roughing up the blocks of ice, carvers make it easier to glue separate blocks together using nothing but water and freezing temperatures.<br /><br />Ice Art - In the Making This year’s international ice carving competition at Confederation Park included a giant squid, a fero...
 
<div style='text-align:right; font-weight:normal'>Portia Baladad</div>Fireworks are set off on the Alexandria Bridge crossing the Rideau River, February 3, 2012. The twenty minute fireworks show marks the start of Winterlude 2012.<br /><br />Winterlude 2012: Opening Weekend Fireworks, ice and music helped kick off the 34th Winterlude on Friday Feb. 3, 2012. All weekend long, kids o...
 
<div style='text-align:right; font-weight:normal'>Adam Kveton</div>The Junior Skills competition began at 8:30 on the Rideau Canal on Jan. 28, 2012 despite rain and warm weather the night before.<br /><br />Junior Skills Competition on the Canal Forty of Canada's top hockey players flew in to Ottawa to test their skills against one another Jan. 28, ...
 
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Centretown Past and Present

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Rediscover Centretown's streets and landmarks and learn about the history behind their names. Researched and written by Centretown News reporters, this feature also showcases both contemporary and historical images.

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Upcoming Events
Feb. 12

The Daily Grind Art Café, 601 Somerset St. W., is holding a fun soap carving tea party from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Feb. 12
Ottawa Women’s Canadian Club luncheon

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